Tag: Lokesh Singh

So many steps forward … And now one big step back

After the progress made on setting a regulatory and policy framework to enable financial inclusion, this blog raises concern over the decision that puts a cap of 1% for agent transaction.

Nov 9, 2018

Puneet Chopra, Lokesh Singh and Graham Wright

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Designing Beneficiary-Centric ‘Direct Benefit Transfer’ Programmes: Lessons from India – Part II

This Policy Note Part II, details out the “Seven Steps of DBT Programme Design” for a robust and beneficiary centric direct benefit transfer programme.

Sep 23, 2016

Arshi Aadil, Lokesh Singh, Ritesh Rautela, Rridhee Malhotra and Vijay Ravi

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Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana: Behind the Numbers

This PB highlights the effectiveness, impacts and challenges of PMMY, and assesses the capacity of MUDRA to deliver its mandate to finance those unable to get loans under conventional system.

Sep 19, 2016

Anurodh Giri and Lokesh Singh

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Designing Beneficiary-Centric ‘Direct Benefit Transfer’ Programmes: Lessons from India – Part I

This Note as a first part of the two-step series explains the pre-requisites and the steps, which if followed, can help in implementation of successful government DBT programmes.

Sep 19, 2016

Arshi Aadil, Lokesh Singh, Ritesh Rautela, Rridhee Malhotra and Vijay Ravi

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Fair Price Shop Sustainability in Automated TPDS: A Mirage or Possibility?

This note highlights the importance of the sustainability of fair price shops (FPS) and provides detailed options to ensure their continuity. It also suggests methods to ensure the continuity of FPSs.

Aug 22, 2016

Lokesh Singh, Rridhee Malhotra and Arshi Aadil

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Governance is the Weight Around MGNREGS’s Neck: Technology May Offer a Way Out

MicroSave’s experience of the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme across various states has highlighted the inadequate administrative capacity of state governments that limits the potential of the programme.

Jul 19, 2016

Lokesh Singh and Rridhee Malhotra

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